Next door to Longbranch Pizza. The old theater has a Pepsi sign outside, and an American flag mounted outside, in the Google Street view. Can’t located what is at that address.
Looks like they took away a couple of parking spaces and added a curb in front of the theater to hopefully keep the 18 wheelers away from the marquee again…
The Paramount in Marshall is less than a block away at 318 N. Washington. The 404 N. Washington address is now an office supplies business. No way it could have been a theater originally, so the theater must have been demolished. Unless the current Paramount is an AKA Lynn at some point, with an incorrect address.
Don’t think it was always a black theater. The book America Goes to the Movies has a picture of the Mecca showing The Story of Alexander Graham Bell starring Don Ameche. A 1939 film.
200 block of W California St. doesn’t even exist anymore. Looks to be right in the middle of the botanical gardens now. Many blocks of the street don’t exist anymore.
I would consider it demolished. The Lucky Strike Bowl is at 137 S. Main, across the street where 134 would be is a big empty lot.
Gives a good view of what the drive-in looked like at one time. I fail to see the problem with that.
Well, if you look at my picture, and the Google map provided with the link, the 100 block of Oneida doesn’t exist any longer…. It did at one time.
From the first Rio photo link above, here is the same view now..
Oneida St. N from College Ave.
Looks like the parking garage (hidden from view) is the site. And the building on the right hand corner is still there….
The Google Maps link above is about a mile off then.
Is THIS the place?
This is the theater that was in the background of the movie Easy Rider, when they went through Franklin.
Just over half down the page.
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With Google Earth you can always go back and view historical imagery and go back a few years. Sometime up to 1992 or earlier.
Located HERE
And the address they give in the “Moved due to fire” is 407 N. Broadway, the address of the Colonial / Fox Theater, also in Pittsburg, KS.
Comparing the American Classics Image, and Google, the theater is long gone. Consider it demolished. The building to it’s left is still there.
You’ll also notice the building says in the photo that they’ve relocated due to a fire in the theater.
Judging from the ACI photos, the vertical sign came down between 1981 and 1985, while the theater was still open.
Bing View Here:
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Should be 335 Spring St.
Here’s a Google Street View:
HERE
Next door to Longbranch Pizza. The old theater has a Pepsi sign outside, and an American flag mounted outside, in the Google Street view. Can’t located what is at that address.
Looks like they took away a couple of parking spaces and added a curb in front of the theater to hopefully keep the 18 wheelers away from the marquee again…
The Paramount in Marshall is less than a block away at 318 N. Washington. The 404 N. Washington address is now an office supplies business. No way it could have been a theater originally, so the theater must have been demolished. Unless the current Paramount is an AKA Lynn at some point, with an incorrect address.
Don’t think it was always a black theater. The book America Goes to the Movies has a picture of the Mecca showing The Story of Alexander Graham Bell starring Don Ameche. A 1939 film.
200 block of W California St. doesn’t even exist anymore. Looks to be right in the middle of the botanical gardens now. Many blocks of the street don’t exist anymore.
Looks like the screen is still up, but yeah, looks like a big tree lot now. Way South of town on 30.
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This is the location, out by the airport. The Map link takes you several miles South of town.
BING
Wow, Bob, I drove up 15 to Williamsport just 2 weeks ago while working in that area of PA. Wished I had known sooner!
Small picture of the Corral here:
http://www.agilitynut.com/p/corraldi.jpg
Vintage B/W picture of the screen about halfway down this page:
http://www.americandrivein.com/states/tx.htm
A couple of other pics….
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Was depicted in the movie The Great Debaters taking place in Marshall, TX